The latest casualty of Brexit has been announced - the direct “Disneyland Express” from the UK to the Magic Kingdom, east of Paris. The Independent reports the Channel Tunnel train operator will abandon the route from June 6, 2023.
Eurostar has put the blame on difficult economic circumstances plus the logistical implications of Brexit and said it was concentrating on the core cities it serves in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The service is extremely popular with British families and it takes less than two-and-a-half hours from St Pancras International to Marne-la-Vallee, the station outside Disneyland Paris.
In 2023 more complex rules are due to come in for visitors to the European Union. The new Entry Exit System (EES) involves a new database for registering travellers from outside the EU and Schengen area as they arrive and depart. A Eurostar spokesperson said: “Whilst we continue to recover financially from the pandemic and monitor developments in the proposed EU Entry Exit System, we need to focus on our core routes.”
